Among a wide range of services, we highlight the following ones:

Patent and state of the art searches

Consulting on R&D innovations
Prior art searches, invention disclosure, analysis of innovations to determine patentability, level of patentability and strength of invention.

FTO
Reports on freedom-to-operate (new products or new processes), i.e., analysis of freedom to exploit innovation in Brazil and/or in other countries.

Competition or Technology Watch Service
Periodic information on new patents published according to clients’ interests.

Technology Mapping
National or international survey of patents on given technologies presented through illuminating reports on technological trends within certain areas, including technologies that may not be exploited or that are free for sale.

Set of Claims
Drafting of sets of claims of invention patents, certificates of addition, utility models or industrial design patens. Revision and rewriting of sets of claims made by third parties.

Patent and trademark filings in Brazil and abroad

Patent application extensions
PCT or CUP, entry of PCT into national phase.

Trademark and patent prosecution with the BPTO

Replies to examiners’ opinions and/or office actions

Filing of arguments for or against the granting of patent applications

Technology assessment and drawing up of reports, including FTO (Freedom-to-Operate), for investment funds, technology incubators or startups.

Agency between investors or investment funds that seek inventors and companies with new technologies.

In-company training or consulting on good practices in IP management, patent searches, drafting of patents, arguments, etc.

Preparation and filing of patent nullity requests (PAN) and analysis of technical opinions.

Out-of-court notices on patent infringement, patent applications, and replies to notices.

Product analysis to ground notices and lawsuits for patent infringement.

Analysis of patent strength for patent infringement lawsuits.

Patent Nullity Lawsuit
Technical arguments, information and patent search, state of the art, etc.

Technical reports on product/process of invention and utility model patents.

Experts
Experts for legal cases involving infringement of chemicals and their derivatives.

Technical Assistance in cases of patent infringement.

Preparation of technical questions in legal cases of patent infringement.

Valuation of chemical products and/or processes for optimization of IP portfolio to strengthen industrial property for companies undergoing acquisition, merger or sale..

Information consulting through patent research of new products for research and development areas (R&D).